The November-December book and activities are for grades 4-12.
The November-December book selection is One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia.
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"In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp."


One Crazy Summer was on the 2011 Coretta Scott King Award and Honor books.

Please RSVP to Mindy Engler engler_m@ccsdistrict.org by 3:00 PM Wednesday, November 23 if you will be particpating in this month's activities. Please state if you want to receive the 8 LPDC contact hours, the 6.5 Staff Development hours, or both.

Discussions and lesson plans need to be posted by 9:00 PM Sunday, December 4.
We will meet to discuss the book on Monday, December 5 from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM in the Timken Library. Please enter the Timken Commons from the 4th St. parking lot at Door 2. The Library is on the second floor up the big, blue staircase.

Discussion Questions:
Subject Author Replies Views Last Message
8 LPDC or 6.5 Staff Development Hours? mindyengler mindyengler 4 62 Dec 1, 2011 by garner_m garner_m
Discussion Question #1 mindyengler mindyengler 8 95 Dec 1, 2011 by garner_m garner_m
Discussion Question #3 mindyengler mindyengler 10 88 Dec 1, 2011 by kratzer_r kratzer_r
Discussion Question #2 mindyengler mindyengler 8 83 Dec 1, 2011 by kratzer_r kratzer_r


To add you lesson plan:
  1. Save your lesson plan as a word document.
  2. Name your lesson plan the title of the book - your name (Example: Scars-Mindy)
  3. Click on "Edit This Page" - make sure the curser is below "Please add your Lesson Plans here;"
  4. Click the File button on the Edit bar
  5. Click Upload Files
  6. Highlight your lesson plan
  7. Click Open
  8. Once your document is listed, double click on it. It "should" appear on this page.
  9. Click "Save" on the upper right hand corner of the Edit bar.
(or you can jsut email your lesson plan to me)

Please add your Lesson Plans here: